Tony Little (headmaster)

Anthony Richard Morell Little (born 1954), also known as Tony Little, is a British schoolmaster who was head master of Chigwell School and Oakham School before becoming head master of Eton College in 2002.

Education

Little was educated at Eton College in Eton in Berkshire and Corpus Christi College at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, where he gained an upper second class honours degree in English language and literature, and was a choral scholar. He then studied for a Postgraduate Certificate in Education at Homerton College, also at the University of Cambridge.

Outline of career

• Assistant Master, teaching English, later Housemaster, at Tonbridge School, Kent, 1977–1983
• Head of English & Drama and Housemaster at Brentwood School, Essex, 1983–1990
• Headmaster of Chigwell School, Essex, 1990–1997
• Headmaster of Oakham School, Rutland, 1997–2002
• Head Master of Eton College, 2002 to date

Other appointments

• Member of The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, 1990 to date
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, 1991
• Honorary Educational Advisor to The World Trust
• Governor of Westminster Abbey Choir School
• Governor of Northwood College, 1990 to 1998
• Governor of St Albans School, 1994 to date
• Member of the Inspectorate of the Independent Schools Inspectorate
• Member of the East India Club
• Chairman of the Mvumi School Trust

Family

Little is the son of Edward and Margaret Little. In 1978, he married Jennifer Anne Greenwood, and they have one young daughter.

Quotations

• "Eton is a four-letter word?"
• "Prince Harry is a scholar and a gentleman."
• "There is the tradition of Eton -- we have been here for 570 years -- and the school has had within it young men who have gone on to do remarkable things in all manner of walks of life."

References

• Who's Who 2007 (A. & C. Black, London, 2007)
• EtonCollege.com
• Interview with Anthony Little in Daily Telegraph newspaper, 4 September 2002
• The World Trust
• Article in The Times
• Anthony Little news from the BBC
• Article of Anthony Little at IUB
• Families Online
• Westminster Abbey Choir School
• ISI inspection report
• Report of Eton unfair dismissal case in The Guardian newspaper
• The Importance of Being Eton: Inside the World’s Most Powerful School by Nick Fraser (Short Books, 2006)

External links

• Eton College
• Mvumi School Trust

Academic offices
Preceded by John Lewis	Head master of Eton College 2002-	Succeeded by Incumbent